55 



Cadaba, Forsk. 



Cadaba farinosa, Forsk. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 89. 



77/. — Deless. Ic. iii. t. 8. 



Bornu, Kouka. 



In Senegal a decoction or an infusion is used in pulmonary 

 affections, dysentery, fever, and rheumatics (Sebire, PI. TJ til. 

 Senegal, p. 17). 



BOSCIA, Lam. 



Boscia senegalensis, Lam. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 92. 



III. — Lam. Encycl. t. 395. 



Kouka. 



In Senegal the natives eat the fruits cooked like "Couscous" 

 (see under Nymphaea stellata) ; the parched seeds form a sub- 

 stitute for coffee, and the leaves with salt make poultices for the 

 cure of swellings (Sebire, PI. Util. Senegal, p. 17). 



CRATAEVA, Linn. 



Crataeva religiosa, Forst. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 99. 



Ill,— Lam. Encycl. t. 395; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 116 ; Vidal,Fl. For. 

 Filip. t. 6c. 



Bornu. 



The bark boiled in oil is considered good for rheumatism (Mus. 

 Kew). In India the bark is used for various medicinal purposes, 

 and the leaves, bruised with vinegar, lime-juice, or hot water, 

 made into a poultice, are considered superior, as a rubefacient and 

 vesicant, to both the mustard seeds and the mustard flour imported 

 from Europe (Diet. Econ. Prod. Ind.). The fruit is edible. The 

 pulp mixed with mortar makes a cement, and the rind is used as 

 a mordant in dyeing. The wood is yellowish-white, when old 

 turning light brown ; moderately hard, and even grained ; not 

 very durable and very liable to attacks of boring beetles ; used in 

 India for drums, models, writing boards, combs, and in turnery 

 (Gamble, Man. Ind. Timb. 2nd ed. p. 32). 



MORINGEAE. 



MORINGA, JUSS. 



Moringa pterygosperma, Gaertn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 101. 



///.— Rheede, Hort. Mai. vi. t. 11 ; Wight, Illust. t. 77 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 80 ; Vidal, FL For. Filio. t. 38 ; Journ. Bomb. N.H. Sue. ix. 

 t. 50 ; Greshoff, Nutt. Ind. PL t. 17 ; Contr. U.S. Nat, Herb. ix. 

 t. 58 ; Pobeguin, Fl. Guin. Franc, t. 27. 



Horse-radish tree. 



N. Nigeria. Introduced to West Africa. Wild in the forests of 

 W. Himalaya and Oudh. Cultivated in other parts of India, 

 Burma, and the W. Indies. 



